A simulator made up of off-the-shelf computer and gaming hardware is used to emphasize to Comcast’s employees just how dangerous it is to try to text and drive at the same time.
“We try to make the point that you really don’t text and drive,” Thomas Baker, the environmental health and safety manager said. “You text OR drive. You can’t really do both.” Accidents involving Comcast technicians in the Houston region are down 26 percent year over year since the simulator was put into use.
Read the article at Houston Chronicle.